{"product_id":"comics-of-chris-ware-drawing-is-a-way-of-thinking-9781604734430","title":"Comics of Chris Ware: Drawing Is a Way of Thinking","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Comics of Chris Ware: Drawing Is a Way of Thinking\u003c\/em\u003e brings together contributions from established and emerging scholars about the comics of Chicago-based cartoonist Chris Ware (b. 1967). Both inside and outside academic circles, Ware's work is rapidly being distinguished as essential to the developing canon of the graphic novel. Winner of the 2001 \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e First Book Prize for the genre-defining \u003cem\u003eJimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth\u003c\/em\u003e, Ware has received numerous accolades from both the literary and comics establishment. This collection addresses the range of Ware's work from his earliest drawings in the 1990s in \u003cem\u003eThe ACME Novelty Library\u003c\/em\u003e and his acclaimed \u003cem\u003eJimmy Corrigan\u003c\/em\u003e, to his most recent works-in-progress, \"Building Stories\" and \"Rusty Brown.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid M. Ball\u003c\/b\u003e is editor of the Critical Approaches to Comics Artists Series, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003epublished\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eby\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eUniversity Press of Mississippi.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eHe is also author of \u003ci\u003eFalse Starts: The Rhetoric of Failure and the Making of American Modernism\u003c\/i\u003e, published by\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eNorthwestern University Press. His essays and reviews have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Cambridge History of the Graphic Novel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford Handbook of Comic Book Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Modern Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eModern Fiction Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArtforum\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. He is currently working on a monograph about the intersections of comics and literary and artistic modernism. He teaches at Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii. \u003cb\u003eMartha B. Kuhlman\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of comparative literature at Bryant University. She has published in the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Popular Culture, European Journal of Comic Art\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eInternational Journal of Comic Art\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50474107339026,"sku":"9781604734430","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d8dbf301-1d95-410e-8b19-5d388e08285b.jpg?v=1730213027","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/comics-of-chris-ware-drawing-is-a-way-of-thinking-9781604734430","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}